The Freak Is The Mate Of The Lycan
It was a long, heavy, vicious blade, gleaming with oil.
He offered it to me, hilt first.
"Take it."
I let the bread drop. It hit the floor with a soft thud.
My hands, still raw, closed around the leather-wrapped hilt.
It was heavy. So heavy I needed both hands just to hold it steady.
"You are weak," he said. It wasn't an insult. It was a fact. "Your body is a liability."
I bristled, my face hot.
"But this..." He tapped the flat of the blade. "...makes you equal to a warrior twice your size. If you know how to use it."